YDL Question, probably display issue - formerly Umbillical Cord

[Nick]

Sorry everyone, really bad posting etiquette in the previous subject, 
and also not reading the previous thread, I just subscribed and didn't 
think to check it owing to a lack of subject (an error i guess i just 
perpetuated) but I'm having one of those days where nothing quite seems 
to work:

I can seem to KDE to come up in some bizarre fashion by forcing it in 
to fail-safe mode from the dexter.py thing. However it is virtually 
unusable, and also my asb mouse isn't functioning at all. Does that 
mean that this might have the potential to work if i keep trying, or 
should i give up?

I wouldn't be that pessimistic normally, but like i said i don't have a 
very explicit knowledge of the system as it was handed to me rather 
than bought and i am aware its undergone some adaptation. I am also 
aware that i could be coming across like a complete moron, but like i 
said, incredibly new user (since about four hours ago) with my only 
command line experience being dos back in the 90's and more recently a 
bit of OS X terminal.

I'm currently running the config program but having difficulty bearing 
in mind my skeleton knowledge of the hardware.

On Friday, February 21, 2003, at 10:45 PM, Suzanne Payne wrote:

>
>
> --On Friday, February 21, 2003 10:25 pm +0000 Nick 
> <email@ilikepaperandpens.com> wrote:
>
>
>> However then the machine just flicked between a text login display 
>> and a
>> black screen every couple of minutes. Hmmm, i pondered, then i
>> reinstalled it, this time with a text login. opened it up fine but 
>> had an
>> odd array of errors when i typed startx. Any suggestions?
>
>
> Ooooh...deja vu!  I feel like I've responded this question already 
> today! You missed the last poster by only a few hours! :)
>
> Here's my offering on the matter, for what it's worth:
>
> It's most likely a video problem, check the YDL site to see if there 
> are any particular video arguments they recommend to try in the window 
> you see at bootup where you choose to log into MacOs or Linux.  Check 
> also if they make reference to your particular upgrade card - some of 
> these cannot be supported.
>
> Check the log: /var/log/XFree86.0.log  It should tell you where the X 
> Server had trouble.  It'll probably end up saying something unhelpful 
> like "no screens found", but it's a start.
>
> Then try running an X Configuration program: /usr/X11R6/bin/xf86cfg 
> which will configure X for your particular machine.  You might have to 
> copy the resultant XF86Config file to your home directory.
>
> BTW...I nearly deleted your email on the strength of your subject 
> line! (I get a *lot* of spam) <grin> Maybe try to put something more 
> obviously YDL related in it?
>
> Good luck
> Suzanne
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